i don't kill or be killed with colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence whenever chooses and then it legitimizes the violence they are made in america on the oxy. the. russians would soon which right if you knew me by phone from phones to christians. whose friends don't totty dot com.

welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow the spirit of christmas isn't just a good feeling it's a multi-billion dollar industry why it's tensile decorations all make for a pretty sight but sometimes the obscure those less fortunate are g.'s marine of ordinary fords from new york. imagine a country with no homeless people i know it's not the most festive or jolly like question to ask during the holiday season but see here in the u.s. nearly six hundred and thirty four thousand people went homeless last year and as it turns out just a sliver of the money american spends on blinking lights tinsel bright stars and shiny presents could actually end the nation's homelessness epidemic. it. is the way. this is the only way it is the way they're

decoration you kidding me. imagine how much they could do with no income housing with that kind of money that's what people need housing is all for show us and a lot a lot of very desperate people on the streets of new york texas wherever i mean it's it really is a sad situation and i think we can all do better you know maybe sometimes people go a little overboard you know we want to we all be in the christmas spirit but i guess there's other things that you could be doing with your money six billion dollars spent just on flights and all and all that because people want to get into the spirit. and they want to forget about all the ugliness in the world and that's not right they need to remember the homelessness well we came here for this and we're all wrapped up in it but when you point that out it's a shame you know top white house officials say that the government would need an annual budget of twenty billion dollars to effectively eliminate homelessness by twenty twenty of top for the obama administration however even though that money

sounds like a lot we should put it into perspective according to the national retail federation american spent more than six billion dollars on christmas decorations last year and holiday sales reached a reported four hundred and seventy billion dollars so in this season of giving as americans are spending in the cloud of holiday spirit they could essentially be curing a huge social problem that continues to plague the nation reporting from new york marina for not r.t. to pakistan now and a suicide bomber has blown himself up during a political rally leaving nine people dead at the march was held by the awami national party part of pakistan's governing coalition more than twenty people injured in the attack were ferried to a local hospital a prominent local politician a member of the group died in the explosion a party supports secular ideas and has repeatedly been targeted by an atomic bomb.

sorties in the indian capital have outlawed anti rape protests after the turn violent bring chaos to the streets thousands gathered in front of parliament house to voice their anger against a recent gang ram rape and vicious beating of a student on a bus there authorities reacted on friday launching a campaign to protect women in the city that will include checks on bus drivers and more police night patrols. south korea's defense ministry says launch by north korea earlier this month was a ballistic missile test in all but name so claims the rockets could travel more than ten thousand kilometers bringing the united states within striking distance of the communist state north korea maintains it was a scientific launch aimed at putting a satellite into space. now it's been a two day journey into space for the latest addition to the international space

station crew since they blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakstan the joint team members already on board the ice after the air capsule successfully docked with the station spacewalks more than one hundred scientific experiments are planned to keep the crew busy for the next five months. has more on the goal of the latest mission. a farewell guitar music was in the air as the next cruise the international space station said last goodbyes to. come to such a nice essence next monday chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch inside our soyuz there will be music playing both two to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts do it while the music will be a comfort there was months of work ahead on the station i asked us missions like technical and scientific symphonies on to see them for the mission and for their

spirits these crew likes me better things nice. for the families this time is nerve racking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she will still feel connected to it it's up there again for music but like really if you're here if you're going to be playing so much music because it gets at you good part of it life and you were part of it life so that they were sure they will play lots of photos of me for the space that yes there's a speck ornament i assess trust to get tired. of being away from home at least special time christmas surely that is. when i'm up in space if i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me you shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music to look

down although as we celebrate so we seasonings preachings sweet son sweets merry christmas. happy new year to. tom watson r t baikonur as extern. western states which are losing control over syrian rebels have no appetite for intervention in the syrians. civil war and that's according to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov also say about the countries were apparently praying that russia and china carry on blocking them anywhere as they are simply not ready to use force both states have repeatedly vetoed this kind of resolution on syria are to spoke exclusively to the foreign minister i would describe as worrying the fact that the international community is failing to condemn rebel atrocities. groups of that position which several which which are not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods absolutely contrary to international

humanitarian law. they can cause the just. the staging terrorist attacks and that it's very disheartening that western clothes in the security council started to refuse. condemning terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there is no as bad but you must take into account the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people the result that there is that this it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic we will might lead us if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world to russian citizens who are kidnapped in serious poort city of latakia by suspected rebels earlier this week and they are being held for reported almost one

million dollar ransom paul sheldon food professor at california state university says this is yet more proof that terrorists are operating freely inside the country terrorist groups. and for financing that is true of parking what an america that's true. terrorist groups in many other. they already have world attention and financing as always they are terrorist organizations their goal of the enemies of syria had been to divide it in due out many little pieces so you won't have a syrian anymore you have there is are you have a kurdish a fortune and you have all the other sections and then you will have all these sort of opposition members fighting against each other for the troll i mean you know that the muslim brotherhood paid goons from around the world all want to impose their own totalitarian system on the what's left of the of syria of

president putin is also touched upon the war and tearing syria part during his campaign a marathon with a media that's coming your way after a short break stay with us. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to his stature invented by the famed soviet author beauty is good for you is there a for the night in the fifty's these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up or therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life be sent to the other patients. and their

shattered lives. when professing designed first brain bicycle parts sixty years later says invention is increasingly being used to help people what eager to fracture their legs to become a few centimeters taller than the ultimate goal is still the same fixing somebodies live both literally and figuratively about a third of patients admitted to the was out of center nowadays seeking series three focus medical reasons most of them are men and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novick of who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to a man's pride some of the first patient to turn to us with a leg length to me a request to meet his fifteen centimeters to still want a surgery because his partner was taller than him we like to say that we need to break their legs in order to fix their head maybe nothing wrong with them from an

orthopedic point of view but there is something psychological that prevents them from living their lives fully being happy and we fix it like lengthening surgeries are banned in many countries and even the out they're pretty expensive in russia the entire course costs eleven thousand dollars about one tenth of the similar package in the united states. financial considerations were one of the reasons that brought peace washington state native to western siberia yet his main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in the auditors in america advertises one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty eight and so on eight centimeters would have brought me right to average if i just wanted to be average for women height isn't so important you know i think girl can be short and it's not a big deal i think a guy is like expected to be taller just before the operation most is mad at russian girl who found he's a regional hype quite endearing yet he still would want to have had the surgery

adding seven more centimeters to he self-confidence she told me the whole time you're crazy you're normal you're perfect. so now or so they call you so what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations. but it. needs. you were telling me for the magnitsky act had i stayed passed of the old and us citizens from adopting last norfolk's do you think this is an appropriate response just as you bother your children even the most deprived and helpless children are used as a tool in a political. stunt system and of but it's good but.

it was first of all you say this was in retaliation for the magnitsky so let me say a couple of warts first about this law school and what i think about it and i have spoken on this subject before but i would like to read to rate my views on this matter the bill will not and this is certainly an on a friendly russian attack and this is not about banning some officials from having a bank account it's all the property abroad the point is they replaced one antisocial russian arbil with another is the man you just can't let go of the past and this is a very good at least poison our relationship now to be sure you were raised and option of russian children by foreigners some of which far as i know opinion polls indicate look at an overwhelming majority of russian people are very negative about foreigners adopting our children we should do it ourselves should encourage

adoption of russian orphans or abandoned children by russian families that has for the us no movement problem is not with the people who adopt russian children which of course there were some tragic incidents that we are aware of not that the vast majority of people who adopt russian children are kind and decent people would be so the state duma does not have a problem with those people the problem is with the position of the us authorities and what is their position when adopted russian the children are mistreated but i would use courts often ignore these crimes and let the offenders go unpunished if they even don't allow russian officials be present at the trials as observed. what is that concerns us. so much on the by your rights of the mates in russian jails. that's a good cause they have many problems in their own country like i said infamous prison and i'm afraid i mean one ton of people are kept for years without any

charges just this is all creatures not only to the people there without a charge they keep them in chains like in the middle ages but i believe it legalized torture in their own country. magine what it would be like if anything like that happened in our country they would get off our vast reasonable enough there would be a media circus all over the world but when they did nobody says only working to go to the kremlin how many times did they promise to close guantanamo yet it is still there the prison is still functioning. and we don't know they might still be torturing people they're. also. run by the cia. have they managed the people responsible for that. they want to tell us about our problems thank you we're well aware of that but using that as it were to pass an

anti russian bill. outrageous and uncalled for. mr president i'm alexander. porter for argument. i'm adopted parent myself and regardless of the foreign policy context i consider yesterday's amendments by the state jima excessive unreasonable kind of ballistic if you will excuse me the people who adopted this know of telling us that we already have enough money to look after all friends in our country and we have plenty of aspiring adoptive parents for the tens of thousand other children not exactly true. it's absolutely not true prime minister medvedev has said policies and programs. you're interested my personal experience for three years only that our entire system is going to talk to parents as i do since. my personal great.

where we were confronted with the grading or unlawful treatment for no particular reason i'm sorry for asking three questions instead of one i do hope some of my colleagues will also be specific questions regarding our judicial system i see blank you. are as yesterday's act is concerned i have already laid out my own. i strongly disagree with you first of all i would like to read. this is not about specific people it was about the general attitude of american authorities over the record to emergency situations where children get victimized and you have their rights infringed upon such. cases are well known and so is the typical reaction by american authorities simply deny access to russian representatives when they want even allow them into court as observers which they did not i consider it unacceptable what do you think what they do is your property without them of the how can it be proper when they. do you enjoy the us see them as accused or

something. they shouldn't our country anyway if it's true that we need to improve our own system. besides we're not banning you doctrine by foreign nationals as such other countries apart from the united states. you know in some states they won't admit international election observers to polling stations do you like that. then why do you choose this kind of language with a law such as cannibalistic you have adopted a child and i truly respect that and i hope that many more people will follow your example if you really are a decent person to get it done that it's true and i know what i'm saying for us or our judiciary which may be excessively scrupulous when examining adoption applications it largely depends upon the personal qualities of a judge presiding over a specific case. but i remember how my good friend and former counterpart used

their gerhard schroder and opted to wrestle children when it came to court in st petersburg but the judge asked them specifically how does he were elder the daughter if you will about the job. and when the girl replied why would anybody ask my opinion the judge insisted i'm asking your opinion if you don't want it i will not permit it she did that makes a lot of sense because each family member must make their personal decision and the judicial system essentially relies upon this principle to a strict but fair because there is a separate. problem and that is when adoptive parents terminate the dog once they have adopted a child there has been a significant number of such cases a simplified approach is not appropriate here and. society must be clear as to whether an aspiring adoptive parent is capable of raising and sustaining a child what their government provided benefits will be sufficient to provide for

a child those are criterial bitstream. mr president what if you journalists have gathered here which another will have a lot of questions to ask the government to most people and it is first and foremost you call them by the calendar over the twelve years you have built a tough believe an authoritarian regime of personal pollinators you know how vital the think the system you know the twentieth century or perhaps it hinders russia's development. i believe we have been able to ensure stability this is a necessary prerequisite for development but i can't call it a system authoritarianism i can't agree with a statement of the most conclusive proof that it was my decision to take to the sidelines after my two consecutive turns as president if i thought that an authoritarian or tele tarion system was the best choice for us i would have simply

amended the constitution but it was easy to do. one doesn't even need a nationwide referendum to do that it would have been sufficient to get adopted in parliament where we enjoyed a majority over three hundred votes stepping back was a totally conscious decision to both ensure a continuity of power ensure respect for our country's constitution and its main laws. naturally back then i couldn't say for sure i would come back in four years especially since across just broke out and no one knew where it would go. that would have been a plain absurd but we all had to make it through tough times. so there is no way i would be calling the system or thora tarion but if somebody believes that democracy and observing laws are two different things they're highly delusional. proceeds first and foremost about observed in los angeles but the anarchy of the ninety's and largely discredited both market economy and democracy is such

a fearful of them both these are different things so i believe that no way does order discipline or observation of the law run counter to a democratic government. because i'd like to ask you about the situation in syria as you know western countries there are about turf of the whole they all think that bashar laughs at moscow as well otherwise they say it is impossible to have a thin ice in syria but trust it does not agree with this do you think this may leave russia isolated and eventually russia may lose its position on syria and even then time middle east. will it will well has russia lost its position and when after all the mass that the intervention forces created there. i don't know what their motives were but the country's falling apart ethnic strife conflicts between tribes what continues because actually even the us ambassador there was killed and

you call this kind of work at that. somebody asked me about my mistakes earlier don't you think this was a mistake if you want us to repeat such mistakes in other countries he began again . what we care for is not the future of the acid rain we are fully aware of what is going on there and realize that his family has been in power for forty years or so change is long overdue you believe we are more concerned about what will happen next which we don't want the opposition of once it comes to power if i think current authorities will become the opposition because this will go on forever. and of course we care about our positions in this region and this region is close to us . but what we care about is not just our interests there actually we don't have an issue especially interest there we have almost no interest or do we have any particular economic relations with those countries no we don't. do you think the

president has been visiting moscow frequently no he spent much more time in paris and other european capitals. we think it is necessary to find a solution that will save the country from disintegration. civil war. russia's position is that. it is not our goal to help asad strange power at any cost we think the people of syria should decide on how they see their future how they are going to ensure their security and their involvement in the government and only after that they should start existing system not vice versa but only if they can overthrow the government and then try to come to an agreement. i don't think that agreements based on military victories are inappropriate. and i don't think they will be effective. and as regards to what may happen there is up to the

people of syria themselves. he. speaks your language they will not advance. the music programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little eternity of angles keeping the stories. you hear. troy all teach spanish find out more visit eye eye to. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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